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stodgy

/'st/A//dZ//i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Wet.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. heavy and starchy and hard to digest

    adj.all

    Examples
    Stodgy food.
    A stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned

    adj.all

    Synonyms fogyish moss-grown mossy stick-in-the-mud

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull

    adj.all

    Examples
    Why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?
    A stodgy dinner party.
    Synonyms stuffy

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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